Ambivalent Quote by Jeremy Holmes

“Bowlby uses the notion of faulty internal working models to describe different patterns of neurotic attachment. He sees the basic problem of 'anxious attachment"…

— Jeremy Holmes

“One of the biggest impacts on intimacy is fear. Fears surrounding intimacy can result in a push-pull dynamic because of differing attachment needs between…

— Annie Tanasugarn

“for to have a deep attachment for a person (or a place or thing) is to have taken them as the terminating object of…

— John Bowlby

“To feel attached is to feel safe and secure. By contrast, an insecurely attached person may have a mixture of feelings towards their attachment…

— Jeremy Holmes

“A person's attachment status is a fundamental determinant of their relationships, and this is reflected in the way they feel about themselves and others.…

— Jeremy Holmes

“With every clash, the anxious person loses more ground: During bitter fights between anxious and avoidant partners, when there are no secure checks and…

— Amir Levine

“If you have an anxious attachment style, you tend to get attached very quickly, even just on the basis of physical attraction. One night…

— Amir Levine

“Basically, secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving; anxious people crave intimacy, are often preoccupied with their relationships, and…

— Amir Levine

“Allowing attachments to people/things create a compulsive addiction in us to be controlling. This “control” (fueled by fear of loss) fools us into a…

— Gary Hopkins

“The secure attachment of Western psychology is actually akin to Buddhist non-attachment; avoid-ant attachment is the inverse of being mindful and present; and anxious…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Some children grow up with parents whi have their own strong attachment issues: they experience their parents as sometimes emotionally available, sometimes scared, and…

— Leslie Becker-Phelps

“Those with a dismissive-avoidant attachment style tend to show higher levels of self-reliance, a reduced signaling of need for others, and a distancing, detached…

— Glenn Geher